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Charleston, SC vs West Des Moines, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in West Des Moines has been positive.
- West Des Moines has 0.7% more unemployment than Charleston.
- West Des Moines job growth has increased by 13.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Charleston, SCWest Des Moines, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.0%3.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.9%35.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.0%0.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.3%2.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.6%13.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for West Des Moines    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

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Over 15 years ago

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

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We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  More

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ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total
ZIPS IN WEST DES MOINES, IOWA
50265 50266

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